Card record filing device



April 26, 1932. R. E. SOMMER CAI ID RECORD FILING DEVICE Filed Nov. 5, 1929 Patented Apr. 26, 1932 PATENT OFFICE ROBERT E. 'SOM'MER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA CARD RECORD FILING DEVICE Application filed November 5, 1929. Serial No. 404,925.

This invention relates to a card filing device in which a plurality of removable cards are employed on which data relative to trans actions of business houses, hotels, and the like institutions may be inscribed and classified for future reference.

The invention relates more particularly to the manner of forming the device in book form, each leaf having a pair of compartments formed therein in order that both faces of the leaves may be utilized for the reception of removable cards, the separate compartments preventing interference of the cards carried by the opposite faces of the leaves with each other when inserted in, or withdrawn from the compartments.

Further objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, in which a single embodiment of the invention is shown by way of example.

In the drawings hereto annexed, which form a part of this specification:

Fig. 1 is a face View of one of the cardfiling leaves;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal edge view of the leaf, parts being shown in section;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical detail section of one of the leaves.

Fig. 4 is a face view of one of the cards.

The card register as a whole preferably consists of a plurality of leaves bound together by removable pins 11 in a binder 12 of flexible material, such as leather. Each leaf preferably consists of a pair of stiff cardboard sheets 18 and 14, forming the faces of the leaf, each sheet being provided with a plurality of transversely extending slots 15 equally spaced apart.

Each of said sheets is secured, preferably by means of a suitable adhesive, to the faces of cardboad frames 16 of the same size as the sheets, the thickness of the frames being suflicient to form compartments designated at 17 and 18 between the sheet members of approximately one quarter of an inch width, the compartments being formed by a relatively thin cardboard partition 19.

The slots in the sheets 13 and 14 of the leaves are for the reception of a plurality of cards 20, the upper margins 21 of which are arranged to project above the corresponding slots in overlapping relation as is usual in structures of this type. Each of the cards is provided near its upper edge with shouldered portions 22, which, when the card is inserted, abut against the lower edge of the slot at each of its ends which thus serve as a stop to limit its further insertion within'the compartment, so that its upper margin 21 will remain exposed to view and in position so to display whatever identifying data may be inscribed thereon.

By providing a pair of compartments in each leaf all danger of interference of the cards disposed on opposite sides of the leaf will be obviated, that is to say, that when a card or cards are withdrawn from one face of the sheet the cards on the opposite faces will not be disturbed by such withdrawals.

As the whole device is formed of compar- 7o atively light material it may be readily and easily handled. Further by arranging the sheets in the manner above described a compact device is formed, capable of carrying a large number of cards.

I claim:

In a device of the class described, a leaf member including a pair of sheet members formed of a flexible material, each of said members being provided with a plurality of transversely disposed slots for the reception of memorandum cards, a rigid rectangular frame member composed of complemental sections, and a thin partition plate attached to the oppositely disposed faces of the sections of the frame member, said sheet members being attached to the outer faces of the frame member, the spaces formed between the partition plate and the sheet members of the leaf forming card compartments. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ROBERT E. SUMMER. 

